* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TOCHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWSSTORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE TN HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADOIN EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RUTHERFORDCOUNTY IN TENNESSEE ON APRIL 4, 2011.

THE EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG THE DAVIDSON AND WILLIAMSON COUNTYLINE...ALONG KIDD ROAD. THE DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED EAST ACROSSBATTLE ROAD...WALDRON ROAD...ALONG BLAIR ROAD...AND ENDING NEARINTERSTATE 24 AND SAM RIDLEY PARKWAY. THE DAMAGE PATH RANGED FROM50 TO 100 YARDS WIDE. DAMAGE WAS VERY CONSISTENT ALONG THEPATH...WHICH WAS JUST OVER 4 MILES LONG.

THE DEBRIS PATTERN SHOWED CLEAR CONVERGENT PATTERNS...ANDEYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS SUPPORT THE DETERMINATION THAT A TORNADOCAUSED THE DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. HUNDREDS OFTREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. SOME HAD LARGE ROOT SYSTEMS. SOMESMALL STORAGE BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS HOMES HAD ROOFAND SIDING DAMAGE. SEVERAL FENCES WERE BLOWN DOWN. DEBRIS WASSCATTERED HUNDREDS OF YARDS. A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER ONINTERSTATE 24. SEVERAL CARGO TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED BY I 24.

THANKS TO DAVIDSON COUNTY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT FOR VERY HELPFUL ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.